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This looks like an interesting beast. https://www.ukauctioneers.com/auction_catalogue.cfm?itemID=20E9CB0FD7D62CF5D3E5FECEFF580CE4E929A3C3&auction=21EAC30AD5&action=6&rangepage=12¤tpage=1&showLots=50&sortBy=lotsort&lotView=list&imagesOnly=N Chris
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Some Concertinas For Sale (9) In Manchester, Uk
spindizzy replied to Anglogeezertoo's topic in Buy & Sell
One of my port of calls, when I visit the main university campus. They pretty well always have a few squeezeboxes in. (pricing is at the usually at the high end though) -
Buying Advice - An Anglo Or English?
spindizzy replied to Arthurdaily's topic in General Concertina Discussion
A bit further afield, there is a monthly tune session at the Eldon Arms in Knutsford around 9pm on the first tuesday of the month, ie this tuesday - 5thapril, where you'll usually find a couple of EC players (myself and another regular) plus a few melodeons, fiddles etc. -
Buying Advice - An Anglo Or English?
spindizzy replied to Arthurdaily's topic in General Concertina Discussion
In Stockport, you could try the Folk club /sessions at the Midway. http://www.midwayfolkclub.co.uk/ Linda (pictured on the webpage) plays EC and is a regular. Chris -
At Auction, 48B English Wheatstone (1854). 5Th Nov Macclesfield, Chesh
spindizzy replied to Anglogeezer's topic in Buy & Sell
Our local auction house. We'll probably go along and look (DH wants to check out the fiddles). I don't expect any bargains here! -
Metal Ends Vs. Wood Ends... Do They Make A Difference?
spindizzy replied to Roy M.'s topic in General Concertina Discussion
See here: http://rowlhouse.co.uk/concertina/pictures/index.html Looks like the rowlhouse site is down at the moment. -
Theme Of The Month, Sept 2015: English Trad And Beyond
spindizzy replied to Jim Besser's topic in Tune of the Month
Having just listened to BBC radio4's saturday afternoon drama "Dead Girls tell no tales" on the 60th anniversary of the killing off of Grace Archer, it thought that the ARcher's intro music should count as about as English Trad as you can get, so maybe I can find an arrangement of this. (Its actually a piece called "Barwick Green", a "maypole dance" from the suite My Native Heath, written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood) ah-ha ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/entries/cf86ac12-7540-362d-8030-a2c3dffabe1e nope - links are gone. This maybe better http://www.gasworks-scratchy-folk-orchestra.co.uk/onlinescores.htm -
http://www.concertina.com/chambers/lachenal-production/ Have a look at the chart here - there are some confirmed serial number/dates to reduce the date span. perhaps mid 1890's
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My first Lachenal with the plastic ("erinol") buttons was a 60000 series number (Chris Algar reckoned it must have been almost the last one out of the door in ~1936) It seems the plastic buttons started around the late 1920's so your concertina will certainly predate that. (I think that you should be able to find the serial number at both ends - but wait for someone who knows better to confirm!) edited - crosspost - I see you've found the number :-)
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I always try clearing the browser cache if a forum starts behaving out of line.